Category Archives: ribbing

Mark Fast Autumn Winter 2010

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on April 12, 2010. Filed under Crochet, Embellished Knit, Ladders, Ruffles, autumn winter 2010, ribbing. 1 Comment.

Sorry for the long gap between posts, I was …a) very busy and b) trying to figure out what to do with this website to make it easier to keep it updated. I’m going to make the posts much simpler, so I don’t feel panicked about having to write a whole bunch of stuff that [...]

Steven Oo

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 16, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Hand Knit, autumn winter 2010, ribbing. 5 Comments.

It’s not often that I post the entire line up from a graduate collection but I just love Steven Oo’s work as shown as part of the Academy of Arts show at New York fashion week 2010. Originating from Yangon, Myanmar he has just graduated from Fashion and Knitwear design. The collection is made [...]

Sandra Backlund

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on December 18, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Ruffles, Spring summer 2010, ribbing. Tagged sandra backlund 2010. 3 Comments.

Sandra Backlund Spring Summer 2010. Found Via www.dianepernet.com. Photography by Peter Gehrke

Sandra Backlund Spring Summer 2010

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on October 26, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Spring summer 2010, ribbing. Tagged knitwear, sandra backlund 2010, spring summer. 2 Comments.

I have looked high and low for more pictures of Sandra Backlund’s new Spring/summer 2010 collection, but unfortunately I could only find the ones from Diane Pernets blog (http://dianepernet.typepad.com). I am pretty sure there are more pieces than the ones pictured below..guess I have to be patient and wait for them to pop up. This is her [...]

Liria Pristine

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on August 8, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Chunky Knit, Fabric Manipulation, Ruffles, Stripes, Tension, ribbing. Tagged knitwear, liria pristine. 11 Comments.

I am still undecided on whether I should continue Knitkicks after my one year anniversary of running it, but the one thing that is keeping me going is when I stumble across or get sent amazing knitwear. As soon I received these pictures I went straight to my wordpress account to write this post up and [...]

Class of 2009

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on July 3, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Basket Weave, Beading, Cables, Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Coated Knits, Crochet, De Montfort University, Embellished Knit, Fabric Manipulation, Fringing, Hand Knit, Intarsia, Jacquard, Ladders, Loose Knit, Macramé, Nottingham Trent, Ravensbourne, Ruffles, Stripes, Tension, menswear, ribbing. Tagged fashion, knit, knit design, knitting, knitwear, knitwear graduates. 7 Comments.

This is just a quick recap of the knitwear graduates 2009. Click on the below pictures to go to each designers interview. I’ve just got to say that there has been such an immense amount of talent this year and it was really inspiring to look through everyones collections. If this doesn’t inspire the next batch of graduates [...]

Sarah Burton

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on June 24, 2009. Filed under Embellished Knit, Fringing, Tension, ribbing. Tagged design, graduate fashion week, knitwear, manchester met, pringle of scotland award winner, Sarah Burton, winner. 3 Comments.

Sarah Burton, 22. Manchester School of Art Design Background: Nominated for the River Island Gold Award and won the Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Award at GFW 2009. What was the concept behind your collection? I really wanted my clothes to take on characteristics that are not usually typical of knitwear, with particular emphasis on the movement and fit of [...]